Deterrence Dispensed

Deterrence Dispensed (DetDisp) is a decentralized, online collective that promotes and distributes designs for open-source 3D-printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges.[1] The group describes itself as aligned with the freedom of speech and anti-copyright movements.[2]

DetDisp is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a semi-automatic 3D-printed carbine requiring no regulated gun parts.[3] The group has been linked to the publication of the 3D files for the gun that killed UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson.[4]

History

In February 2019, a group of 3D gun designers chose the name "Deterrence Dispensed" as a reference to Defense Distributed, the first 3D firearms organization.[1] By 2020 the group claimed thousands of members, many of whom lived in jurisdictions where unlicensed firearm production was illegal.[3] Prominent among the group's pseudonymous members was the late German-Kurdish gun designer "JStark1809".[1][3]

Deterrence Dispensed has used multiple, alternative social networks and platforms due to suspensions from mainstream sites, including Tumblr and Keybase.[5] At one time, Deterrence Dispensed was the sixth most popular team on the Keybase platform, but by January 2021 they would be banned, a decision attributed to Keybase's acquisition by

Designs

Deterrence Dispensed is best known for developing and releasing the FGC-9, a 3D-printed carbine, as well as the FMDA 19.2, which was allegedly used by Luigi Mangione in the killing of Brian Thompson.[13][4] At the peak of its popularity, the group distributed blueprints for AR-15s, an AKM receiver called the "Plastikov", handgun frames, and a magazine for Glock pistols named after New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, who once pushed for crackdowns on the online sharing of 3D-printable firearms designs.[6][13] In 2019 the group released a design called the "Yankee Boogle", which is an auto sear that converts a semi-automatic AR-15 into a fully automatic one.[14]

Criticism

Since the death of JStark, former members of DetDisp have been criticized for founding organizations in opposition to the original open source and anti-copyright values of the organization.[15]

See also

• FGC-9
• Urutau (3D Printable Firearm)
• List of 3D printed weapons and parts
• 3D printed firearms
• Improvised firearm
• Right to keep and bear arms
• Gun control
• Crypto-anarchism
• 3D printing

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